Improvement in hay-loaders



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tnitt tatef BENJAMIN J. MOORE, OF DRESBACH, MINNESOTA.

Leiters Patent N 96,462, dated Norembcr 2, 186i).

The Schedule referred to in these wI etters Patent and making part of the same.

To all zellom; 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, BnsJaMrN J. Moonn, of Dresbach, in the county otl Winona, and State ot' Minnesota, have invented a new and improved llay- `Making, Loading, vand Stacking-Nachbie; and I do hereby declare that the ibllowing is a tull, clear, and

exact description thereol', which will enable others` skilled in the art to malu and use the same, reference being lu d to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification.

Ihe object ot' this invention is to provide a simple, cheap, and eti'cctive niaehiue, which may be used for spreading hay, or raking, loading, or stacking it; and

It consists in an improved arrangeur Jnt of the truck for supporting and moving the several parts, and impaiting the motion to the elevator.

Also, in an arrangement t'or raising an endless elevator, employed tor-taking the hay t'roi'n a rake, und delivering it on a platform, when required to be out ot' action.

Also, in au improved construction and arrangement of the rake bnfacilitatiug the` independent action of the teeth and the elevation ot' the rake above the working position. l

Also, in an arrangement ot crane and hay-elevating t'ork, infconncction with the endless elevator and platform.

Figure l'represents a longitudinal sectional elevation of my improved apparatus. v

Figure 2 representsa rear elevation of the same.

A-represents a platform, or l'rame, swivelled on the axle of two truck-wheels, B B, and so arranged that a' material proportion ot' the weight is borne on the wheel C, which is employed for driving the endless elevator D.

Ihe said frame A supports, besides the elevator D, a rake, E, and crane F.

On the latter, a hayelevatiing fork, G, is suspended, by shears and an operating rope.

Thesaid truck is designed to be provided with a tongue or other means for hitching horses to it, for drawing it over the ground, to gather up thevhay by -the teeth of' the rake E.

-The said teeth consist of bentwires H, pivoted to a shalt, l,- and work through slots K through the double'lakehead L, which permit the oscillation of the s; ul teeth.

They are provided with wire springsM, connected at 'about the centre ot'the bow', and to the shat't 1 in a manuel-'to have a tendency to bear the teeth upon the ground. 'lhe' 5 springs also prevent the hay from gatheriugand packing too much under the upperI parts of the teeth.

The rake-head is connected hy arms N-and pivotjoiuts O to the side rails P ofthe elevator, and swings thereon', to he elevated and suspended out of contact with the ground when required.

The hooks Q on the rake engage with the staples 1t on thc side rails, to hold the said rake-head up.

lhe side rails ot' the elevator are. supported at the.l

lower ends ou the bars S, projecting from the traus verse shaft T, having bearings at each end whereon it scapable ot' oscillation.

The upper ends are supported upon the toothed wheels U, gearing into teeth or holes in the edges ot' the said rails, and the said rails are capable ot' sliding up or down between the vertical posts V, which support the upper works.

The elevator is operated iu these movements bythe toothed wheels, which have arms \V projecting t'rom them, and united by a cross-bar X, for working both wheels simultaneously.

The, elevator is held in any required position'by chaining the har X to a staple, Y, in the platform.

The said elevator is operated by chains Z, from pulleys on the shaft, ol' the driving-wheel C.

The hay is gathered by the rake. as themachine is moved along the ground, and taken up by the elevators and delivered upon the platform A', where it. may be allowed to accumulate in a considerable quantity, to he drawn away to be stacked or cocked; and t'or taking it from the platform for stacking, I have provided" the'craue 'I and elevating-fork G, which takes it therefrom, and raises-.it toithe stack or lowers it upon the ground, for cooking. i

1n putting the hay into cocks, the fork may be placed on the platform bottom up, with the jaws open to receive the hay as it is delivered from the elevator, and when loaded with a sulicientamount fora cock, it may be raised up by the rope to remove the hay to the ground, where it will deliver it in the proper shape for the cock, the jaws being moved away by hand.

This machine may be employed for spreading hay by elevating the rake, depressing the elevator, removing the platform A', and ruiming it along the swaths or rows, to take up the hay hy the takes of the ele vator, and deliver it upon the ground again, through the space occupied by the said plattbrnrA. It may also be employedfor carrying the hay iu small quantities to the barns or place. for stacking.

lhe brace D1. and the top bar D? of the crane may ,be so connected to the vertical part F, that by ex' tending the said vertical part above the upper bearing D3, they may be adjusted up or dowii thereon, and supported at any point by a pin taking into holes in the post P, under the band 1)?, lby which the brace is connected to the posta The chains Zf'and chainfpulleys are guarded by broad strapsof metal orother substance from the hay, as shown at Z- Having thns described 'my invention,

fluit I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The emnhination, on the three-.wheeled truck, constructed ns described, of the elevator D, rxke E, crmieLzmd n. hay-fork G, substantially as described.

2. The elevator-'1), suspended on the Swingingmms S nf the transverse shall; T, amd the toothed wheels Ldnll arranged for adj 'ustment substantially as speci- 3. The rake-teeth pivoted to the shaft, I, spring wires M, slotted bars- L L, when cnmbined' .and at rmiged together and with the swinging supporting arms N, :ill :is specified.

4. The frame A, swvelled on the axle of the wheels B, `the driving-wheel C, and detachable platform A', ull arranged as sneeified.

BENJAMIN J. MOORE.

'itneSses:

JOHN H. ONEIL, Louis SAMUEL MOORE. 

